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Is appropriate for a 29G reef tank?
Looking for something that will be very colorful and able to be kept alone or maybe I would consider a pair that will swim through all my rockwork and caves.
Was thinking of the catalina goby but I heard it needs cold water as cold as 65 deg.
Any ideas?
Reason I ask is that I have a lot of caves and piles of rockwork
Yellow watchman. Loves caves, digs, and is bright yellow with tiny irridescent blue spots on his face.
He lives with a tiger pistol shrimp, and the two make a delightful pair for a small tank. Ich-resistent, hardy, and attitudinals, eats anything.
Firefish3
06/02/2008, 07:29 PM
My yellow watchman doesn't have a shrimp,is that bad?
Orchid dottyback(s)
They are real cave dwellers
Need to be added at the same time if you are going to do two
GoingPostal
06/02/2008, 07:31 PM
Dottyback or gramma, most gobies would work.
BangkokMatt
06/02/2008, 07:44 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12665596#post12665596 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Firefish3
My yellow watchman doesn't have a shrimp,is that bad?
They do not need a shrimp but it is more interesting when they have one
fancyfish
06/02/2008, 08:01 PM
would not go with the dotty back. they are very aggressive and the 29 will be too small.
ricde
06/02/2008, 08:04 PM
I've been trying to find a blue assessor(Macneil's basslet). They seem to fit your needs but are very pricey.
ssavader
06/02/2008, 08:24 PM
Arabian Pseudochromis is my suggestion but in a 29 gal tank, this could be your only fish- but, they are beautiful, inquisitive, active, and you can see by their head and eye movement how alert (not nervous) they are to their surroundings. You could probably do OK with a pair of Ocellaris or Percula clowns as well with a nice BTA.
Talbots Damsel - Mine is in and out of every nook and cranny in the tank. After I clean the tank, it will pick up rubble with it's mouth and fling it or carry it away. It gets along well with a yellow tailed damsel and molly in my mantis tank.
I kept a very happy orchid in a 26 with a pair of o. clowns for over 18 months. Even had a small CB in there for a while.
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/507/4777026_Bow_full_tank_Jan_05__3_.jpg
Chibils
06/02/2008, 09:14 PM
Yellow assessor! There is no substitute! Assessor flavissimus!
Eric the half-bee
06/02/2008, 09:16 PM
I have a pair of Janss' pipefish in my tank and they swim through the rock formation much of the day. Course, they don't come out in the open ever....:lol:
Theomi
06/02/2008, 09:22 PM
Bicolor blennie
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